The University of Alabama at Birmingham Athletics
2025 Football Roster
Hightower, Devin
Jersey Number 0
Devin Hightower
- Prev School:
- Michigan State/Cincinnati/Rhode Island
- Height:
- 6-1
- Weight:
- 230
- Class:
- Redshirt Senior
- Hometown:
- Twinsburg, Ohio
- High School:
- Hoban
Bio
2024 (Redshirt Junior at Rhode Island)
- Started in 13 of the 14 games he played in as an inside linebacker
- Finished the year with 92 tackles, 10.0 TFLs, 3.5 sacks and three pass breakups
- Made nine tackles with 1.5 TFLs at LIU (Sept. 21)
- Had a sack for a loss of three yards as part of a seven-tackle day at Hampton (Oct. 5)
- Recorded eight tackles in back-to-back games against Brow (Oct. 12) and No. 19/24 New Hampshire (Oct. 19)
- Had 3.0 TFLs for 14 yards against the Wildcats
- Posted a career-high 10 tackles and recovered a fumble for a 21-yard touchdown at Delaware (Nov. 9)
- The Rams finished fifth in the country with four defensive touchdowns
- Recorded his first career interception at Bryant (Nov. 23)
- Had a four-yard sack and seven tackles in the season finale at Mercer (Dec. 7)
- All-CAA Football Honorable Mention (2024)
- Phil Steele All-CAA Football Third Team (2024)
- Appeared in 10 games on both defense and special teams
- Made his Rhode Island debut at Georgia State, contributing one tackle (Aug. 31)
- Recorded a tackle in the win over Stony Brook (Sept. 8)
- Made two stops at No. 25 Villanova (Sept. 23)
- Assisted on a pair of tackles against Bryant (Sept. 30)
- Credited with one tackle at Brown (Oct. 7)
- Broke up a pass in the game against Richmond (Oct. 14)
- Assisted on one tackle opposite No. 20 New Hampshire (Oct. 28)
- Suffered a season-ending injury during preseason training camp
- Appeared in four games
- Collected a pair of solo tackles and assisted on three
- Saw action on seven kick returns vs. No. 3 Ohio State in his collegiate debut
- Attended Michigan State and Cincinnati before transferring to URI
- Graduated from Archbishop Hogan in 2020, where he was an honor roll student
- Named the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Division 2 Defensive Player of the Year
- Ranked one of the best outside linebackers in the Class of 2020 in Ohio by Rivals.com (No. 2), 247Sports (No. 3) and ESPN.com (No. 4)
- Listed among the top overall players in Ohio by Rivals.com (No. 16), 247Sports (No. 28) and ESPN.com (No. 32)
- Named to the Max Preps Ohio All-State First Team
- Finalist for Cleveland.com Defensive Player of the Year
- First Team All-Northeast Inland District Division 2 Player
- Won a state championship with the Knights after an undefeated, 15-0 season in 2018
- Son of Dwayne Hightower and Rosilyn Gregory
- Has one brother, Dwayne, and one sister, Davida
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